Children Aged Four to 10 “Have Equivalent of 5,500 Sugar Cubes a Year”

No wonder there’s an obesity epidemic – and many other health problems – among UK kids:

Guardian: Children aged four to 10 ‘have equivalent of 5,500 sugar cubes a year’

The amount of sugar that the kids eat daily is about three times the maximum recommended, on average. Meaning that about half of the kids get more than three times the maximum recommended sugar intake.

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